Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
243 FOUS53 KTOP 161121 PFMTOP Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Topeka KS 621 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 KSZ039-162100- Topeka-Shawnee KS 39.08N 95.62W Elev. 979 ft 621 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 69 90 70 91 Temp 70 74 79 86 83 75 72 71 69 78 85 88 84 76 74 72 70 80 88 90 85 Dewpt 69 70 73 74 75 75 72 70 69 74 75 75 76 74 72 70 69 73 73 72 72 RH 97 87 82 68 77100100 97100 88 72 66 77 94 93 93 97 79 61 56 65 Wind dir E E SE S E E S S SE SW S SE E SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 8 11 11 8 Clouds B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW PoP 12hr 40 5 10 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.33 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C Tstms C Heat index 94 90 93 98 92 96 97 91 Max heat 96 87 94 100 87 97 99 Flood A A Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 89 66 77 61 73 59 74 Temp 77 72 85 80 69 67 73 71 65 63 69 68 62 60 69 68 Dewpt 68 67 72 73 69 67 71 70 65 63 68 67 62 60 67 67 PWind dir S SW NE N N N NE E Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 40 80 60 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C C L D L C C C C S S Tstms C S C C C C C S S S $$ KSZ040-162100- Lawrence-Douglas KS 39.02N 95.22W Elev. 820 ft 621 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 69 90 70 91 Temp 71 74 80 87 83 75 73 72 70 78 85 88 83 76 74 72 70 79 88 90 84 Dewpt 70 71 72 74 76 75 72 71 70 73 75 75 77 74 72 70 70 73 73 72 73 RH 97 90 77 65 80100 97 97100 85 72 66 82 94 93 93100 82 61 56 70 Wind dir E E SE S E E S S S SW S S E SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 5 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 9 10 5 Clouds B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC PoP 12hr 50 5 10 5 0 QPF 12hr 0.30 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C Tstms C Heat index 95 90 93 98 93 96 97 90 Max heat 87 97 87 94 100 87 97 98 Flood A A Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 71 90 66 78 62 73 59 74 Temp 76 71 85 80 70 67 74 72 66 64 70 68 63 61 69 68 Dewpt 68 67 72 74 69 67 71 70 66 64 68 67 62 61 68 67 PWind dir S SW NE NE N N NE E Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 80 60 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C L D L C C C C S S S Tstms S S C C C S C S S S $$ KSZ054-162100- Emporia-Lyon KS 38.34N 96.20W Elev. 148 ft 621 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 92 71 94 71 94 Temp 72 75 84 89 86 77 74 73 71 82 90 92 87 78 75 73 71 82 91 92 88 Dewpt 70 70 73 74 72 71 69 68 67 71 71 70 71 69 69 67 67 70 69 68 68 RH 93 84 70 61 63 82 84 84 87 69 54 49 59 74 82 81 87 67 49 46 52 Wind dir E E SE S S S S S S SW SW S SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 8 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 8 10 13 13 10 Clouds B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW CL SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 5 10 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs Tstms Heat index 91 98 93 96 98 93 96 97 Max heat 92 100 90 98 100 89 97 98 Flood A A Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 94 67 82 62 76 59 77 Temp 77 73 90 84 71 67 76 75 66 63 72 70 63 60 72 71 Dewpt 66 65 69 70 69 66 69 69 66 63 66 66 63 60 65 65 PWind dir S SW SE NW N NE NE E Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 SC PoP 12hr 10 40 80 70 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C D D L C C C C S S S S Tstms C C S C C S S S $$ KSZ022-162100- Manhattan-Riley KS 39.15N 96.67W Elev. 1030 ft 621 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 84 69 88 71 90 Temp 68 70 77 83 80 73 72 71 69 77 85 88 82 77 75 73 72 80 87 90 84 Dewpt 67 69 72 73 75 73 71 70 68 72 74 74 75 72 70 68 67 71 72 71 71 RH 97 97 85 72 85100 97 97 97 85 70 63 79 85 84 84 84 74 61 54 65 Wind dir E E SE S NE E SE S S SE S SE E SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 9 12 11 8 Wind gust 21 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 50 5 10 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.27 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C Tstms S Heat index 89 92 97 89 94 96 89 Max heat 90 93 98 85 95 96 Flood A A Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 72 86 65 75 61 72 59 73 Temp 78 72 83 79 69 67 72 70 65 63 70 68 62 61 70 69 Dewpt 67 66 71 73 69 66 69 69 64 62 66 66 62 61 66 66 PWind dir S SW NE N N N E E Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 40 80 60 40 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S C C L D L C C C S S S S Tstms S S S C S C C S S $$ KSZ020-162100- Concordia-Cloud KS 39.55N 97.65W Elev. 1364 ft 621 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 77 68 88 72 90 Temp 62 63 68 72 72 71 70 69 68 73 82 86 82 75 74 74 72 78 87 89 84 Dewpt 61 63 68 69 72 71 70 69 68 70 71 71 73 72 69 67 66 69 70 69 71 RH 97100100 90100100100100100 90 69 61 74 90 84 79 81 74 57 52 65 Wind dir E E S S NE E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 9 10 9 10 11 12 12 14 17 17 11 Wind gust 23 23 25 27 28 23 Clouds OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 60 20 10 0 5 QPF 12hr 0.18 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs L S Tstms S S Heat index 92 87 92 94 89 Max heat 87 94 85 92 95 Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 70 83 64 74 60 72 59 73 Temp 75 70 80 75 67 64 70 68 63 60 69 67 61 59 70 67 Dewpt 67 65 69 71 67 64 66 66 62 60 64 64 61 59 64 64 PWind dir S NW NE N NE NE E SE Wind char GN LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 SC PoP 12hr 30 20 70 50 30 20 20 20 Rain shwrs C S S L L C C C S S S S Tstms C S S C C S S S S $$ KSZ059-162100- Garnett-Anderson KS 38.28N 95.24W Elev. 997 ft 621 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 94 72 95 71 94 Temp 71 78 88 92 87 78 76 74 72 82 91 93 86 78 75 73 71 82 91 93 87 Dewpt 69 71 70 68 71 69 68 67 67 70 70 69 70 69 69 68 67 70 69 67 68 RH 93 79 55 46 59 74 76 79 84 67 50 46 59 74 82 84 87 67 49 43 53 Wind dir E E S S S S S S SW SW SW S SE SE SE S S S S S S Wind spd 8 5 5 6 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 8 10 11 6 Clouds B2 SC FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 10 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs Tstms Heat index 93 97 93 87 97 98 91 96 Max heat 96 99 89 97 100 88 97 98 Flood A A Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 73 95 68 84 62 77 59 77 Temp 77 73 90 85 71 68 78 75 66 64 71 70 62 61 71 70 Dewpt 65 64 67 69 67 66 67 68 66 64 65 65 62 61 64 64 PWind dir S SW SW SW N N NE E Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 30 70 60 50 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C L L L C C C C C S S Tstms S C C S S C S $$ KSZ012-162100- Hiawatha-Brown KS 39.85N 95.54W Elev. 1099 ft 621 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2026 Date Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 66 83 68 85 Temp 63 67 72 78 77 70 69 68 66 73 80 83 79 73 71 70 69 77 83 85 80 Dewpt 62 67 71 73 74 70 69 67 66 71 73 75 75 72 70 68 66 71 73 73 72 RH 97100 97 85 90100100 97100 93 79 77 88 97 97 93 90 82 72 67 77 Wind dir E E SE SE E E SE SW NE E E SE E SE SE SE S S S S S Wind spd 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 5 5 5 6 9 11 11 8 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 90 20 10 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.63 0.01 0 0 0 Rain shwrs D C S Tstms C S S Heat index 90 89 92 Max heat 85 90 90 93 Flood A A Date Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 69 81 63 71 60 69 57 70 Temp 74 69 78 75 66 64 69 67 62 60 67 65 59 57 68 66 Dewpt 65 64 70 71 66 63 66 66 62 59 62 62 59 57 62 63 PWind dir S SW N N N N NE E Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 PoP 12hr 50 40 70 60 40 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C C L L L C C C C S S S Tstms C S C C C C C S S $$